Kelly Paton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Kelly Paton | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
April 16, 1988 | ||
| Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb; 8 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| team |
London Devilettes New Hampshire Wildcats ZSC Lions Boston Blades | ||
| Current coach | Laurier Golden Hawks | ||
| Coached for |
| ||
| Playing career | 2005–2016 | ||
| Coaching career | 2015–present | ||
Kelly Paton (born April 16, 1988) is a former ice hockey player and current coach. Paton is the head coach and manager of hockey operations with the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's ice hockey program. In 2024, she won the BFL Canada Women in Coaching Award - High Performance Category (awarded by Hockey Canada).[1] She served as head coach for the Canadian women's team in Ice hockey at the 2025 Winter World University Games,[2] finishing with a silver medal.[3]
Earning All-America honors in 2010, Paton accumulated 162 points in 141 career games with New Hampshire.
During the 2015–16 season, Paton appeared in one game for the Boston Blades as an emergency player. On November 22, 2015, she suited up for the Blades in a road game versus the Brampton Thunder, logging a pair of penalty minutes in a 3–0 loss.[4]